Wanted: LSVW / CMP tires

Robert Bergeron · #1 25-07-21, 04:26

Pardon my ignorance Rob but how do you fit 8.25 tires on 9 inch CMP rims ?

Bruce Parker (RIP) · #2 25-07-21, 04:36

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Originally Posted by Robert Bergeron

Pardon my ignorance Rob but how do you fit 8.25 tires on 9 inch CMP rims ?

Width, not bead diameter. You can stretch a 7.50-16 tire on a 9-16 rim but it looks really silly. The height/profile of the tire probably changes as well.

rob love · #3 25-07-21, 04:55

When I get back to work in a week or so I can shoot a photo of what the tires look like on a few different vehicles. The limber will give a good impression of what they would look like on a cmp. I note the HUA at work has tires that are marked as 9.00-16, but they look tiny compared to the regular cmps. In that case, the 8.25-16s will be a great fit. Our HUA is a deadhead, so I have been in no rush to do the tires on it.

Bruce Parker (RIP) · #4 25-07-21, 05:11

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Originally Posted by rob love

deadhead

Deadhead? Meaning stalled, not seeing a wrench in the foreseeable future?

rob love · #5 29-07-21, 00:14

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Originally Posted by Bruce Parker

Deadhead? Meaning stalled, not seeing a wrench in the foreseeable future?

The vehicle was cosmetically restored, but never mechanically restored. It needs a lot of work and parts, and is not currently on the restoration list. I took it to a remembrance day display a number of years back (on a trailer) and had to put a winter front on the grill to cover the fact it doesn't even have a radiator.

rob love · #6 31-07-21, 05:02

So I made some quick and rough measurements of the different tires tonight. The old 9.00-16 M37 tire, which is similar to the CMP 9.00-16 has a tread width of about 7.5", and an overall height of about 33". That is mounted on a cmp rim.

I measured a G-wagon tire mounted on a 16" truck rim. It had a tread width of about 6.5", and a height of about 32".

Just for fun I also measured a set of the STA chevron 10.50-16 tires mounted on CMP rims. They had a tread width of about 9.5", and a height of about 36".

Personally I like the smaller G wagon tire as opposed to the baloonish LSVW michelin tires. I especially do not like the early LSVW tire. But to each his own I guess.

Tony Smith · #7 25-07-21, 05:21

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Originally Posted by Robert Bergeron

Pardon my ignorance Rob but how do you fit 8.25 tires on 9 inch CMP rims ?

The actual CMP rim is 6.00 wide and 16" Dia.

rob love · #8 29-07-21, 00:11

Here is a set of 6 of the g-wagon tires and rims which just showed up on CADC: https://www.gcsurplus.ca/mn-eng.cfm?...1&sf=ferm-clos

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